Bette Davis Quotes
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The act of sex, gratifying as it may be, is God's joke on humanity.

If you've never been hated by your child, you've never been a parent.

The person who wants to make it has to sweat. There are no short cuts.

Joan always cries a lot. Her tear ducts must be very close to her bladder.

The real actor–like any real artist—has a direct line to the collective heart.

Brought up to respect the conventions, love had to end in marriage. I'm afraid it did.

I have always been driven by some distant music—a battle hymn no doubt—for I have been at war from the beginning.

No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.

I do not regret one professional enemy I have made. Any actor who doesn't dare to make an enemy should get out of the business.

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone—but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding.

My passions were all gathered together like fingers that made a fist. Drive is considered aggression today; I knew it then as purpose.

To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.

I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.
To fulfill a dream, to be allowed to sweat over lonely labor, to be given a chance to create, is the meat and potatoes of life. The money is the gravy.
I am doomed to an eternity of compulsive work. No set goal achieved satisfies. Success only breeds a new goal. The golden apple devoured has seeds. It is endless.